Mequet v. Algiers Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Hugh C. Cage, Judge. Action for damages by Edward H. Mequet and others against the Algiers Manufacturing Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
This is an action in damages by the brothers and sisters of Joseph Mequet for his death, alleged to have been caused through the fault and negligence of an employé of the defendant in carelessly driving a large lumber truck around the corner of Rampart and Canal streets in the city of New Orleans in such a manner as to strike and kill, almost instantly, the said Mequet. The grounds of negligence charged are that the truck was being driven at an excessively high rate of speed on the main thoroughfare of the city and in violation of a city ordinance, and that the turn at the corner was made too…
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